2015

SK7954 : Wilson Street

taken 9 years ago, near to Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England

This is 1 of 11 images, with title Wilson Street in this square
Wilson Street
Wilson Street
Grade II listed Georgian terraced houses on Wilson Street Link
Wilson Street & Dr.Bernard Wilson

The terrace of Grade II listed Georgian houses on Wilson Street were built by Dr.Bernard Wilson (Vicar of Newark 1719 to 1772) in 1766, originally both sides of the street, the eastern terrace was largely demolished, though the end pavilion houses survive.
Wilson was a colourful and controversial character as an anonymous (though popularly thought to be by Thomas Heron) handwritten manuscript ‘Anecdotes of Dr.Bernard Wilson’ 1791 recounts ......
“A complete history of this extraordinary man, related at large,would fill many volumes. His violences, robberies, rapes, seductions, meditated assassinations with their overt attempts, forgeries, perjuries, subornations of perjury, thefts, frauds, extortions, persecutions, oppressions and multiplied crimes... commenced in early youth and accompanied him through life...”

Wilson was born in Newark in 1689, educated at Magnus Grammar School, Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge. Whilst at Westminster School, he met his patron Thomas Pelham Holles, who later succeeded his father as Duke of Newcastle who held the Manor of Newark.

In 1719 Newcastle made Wilson Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene in Newark and Rector of Winthorpe, a living in the gift of the Corporation of Newark, with the expectation that Wilson would protect, support and further all of Newcastle’s interests in Newark. However, in 1736, Wilson unexpectedly inherited the very large estate of Sir George Markham, a former MP for Newark and became a very wealthy man. The relationship between Wilson and Newcastle soured over the next twenty years until Newcastle died in 1768 and Wilson in 1772, aged 83.


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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings City, Town centre other tags: Grade II Listed Georgian Houses Georgian Terrace Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Grade II Listed Houses [30] · Wilson Street [22] · Georgian Terrace on Wilson Street [6] Title Clusters: · Wilson Street [11] ·
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SK7954, 591 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Croft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 3 June, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 9 June, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7991 5401 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:4.6410N 0:48.5163W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7992 5401
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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